> Customer acceptance, dealing with crypto wealth, monitoring crypto transfers
> Crypto-related sanctions, reporting requirements (DAC8)
> Crypto fraud and ML schemes: specificities, typology, crypto tracing and recovery
ONBOARDING AND TRANSACTION MONITORING OF CLIENTS OWNING CRYPTO WEALTH
Customer onboarding and name screening
- Obligations related to customer acceptance and rejection.
- Regulatory requirements for name screening tools, practial advice on selecting and testing your tool.
- Onboarding Russian and Belarusian clients: crypto-related sanctions and key control points
Dealing with clients’ crypto wealth
Wealth sourced from crypto trade, arbitrage, DeFi, etc.: plausibility checks, tax considerations, geographic risks.
Transaction monitoring: focus on crypto transfers
- What types of control must be in place?
- Various blockchains and multi-chain wallets.
- Risk assessment for crypto transactions. Handling «red flags» and risk mitigation.
CRYPTO FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEMES
Crypto Fraud and Money Laundering Schemes
- What’s the difference between crypto-enabled fraud and money laundering and “old school” FIAT schemes?
- Typologies of crypto fraud
- Money Laundering and crypto
- Crypto frauds and AI
- What benefits crypto ecosystems give to fraudster
- It is possible to investigate crypto- and AI- enabled fraud
- What investigators can use to tackle crypto fraud and money laundering
- How blockchain works and why it is relevant to investigators
- What is a crypto wallet?
Is it completely anonymous? - Why nothing can be completely anonymous?
- How can investigators pierce the veil of crypto anonymity?
Crypto Tracing
- How to trace crypto transactions
- Typologies of crypto tracing and recovery firms
- Investigative and legal tools for crypto asset recovery
- Demonstration of crypto tracing tools available
- Why to involve professional investigation firms
AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION RELATIVE TO CRYPTO TRANSACTIONS
Crypto and tax compliance: DAC8: actual scope and implementation in Luxembourg
- Where does DAC8 transposition stand in Luxembourg at the end of 2025, and what does it concretely imply for market participants?
- How should the concept of a “reportable crypto-asset” be interpreted, and where is the boundary between payment and investment?
- Which crypto-assets can realistically fall outside the scope of DAC8, and for how long?
- What are the main operational implementation challenges (data, valuation, tax residence)?
- Why does DAC8 also apply to service providers located outside the European Union, and how is such application effectively enforced?
- Is DAC8 operationally realistic from 2026 onwards, and which players will actually be ready?
SPEAKERS
Yulia Rousseau, Compliance practitioner, Luxembourg
Yulia Rousseau is a senior compliance and regulatory professional with experience advising regulated financial institutions on AML/CFT, sanctions, and EU financial regulation, with a focus on digital-asset frameworks. She has worked closely with cross-border businesses and regulators, supporting the design and implementation of governance, risk, and compliance frameworks. Her background combines legal analysis with hands-on regulatory advisory in complex international environments.
Michael Lastovskiy, CFE, CEO and Founder of Neo Forensics, Fraud Investigator, London
Michael Lastovskiy worked for 23 years in preeminent global investigation and accounting firms in UK, US, and Russia, such as Kroll, Big 4 accounting firm, US consulting firm and English law firm. In 2023 Michael founded forensic investigations and business intelligence firm Neo Forensics in London, UK. Neo Forensics services pre-eminent corporate and individual clients, law firms and financial institutions.Michael is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Management Accountant and certified interviewing expert. He specialises in fraud investigation, prevention and detection, asset tracing and asset recovery, business intelligence, due diligence, KYC/AML, forensic accounting, and interviewing. Throughout his career he conducted and managed dozens of investigations and due diligence assignments around the world.
Latifa Tabia, Operational Tax and Structuring Expert, Luxembourg
Latifa Tabia advises international clients on complex tax matters, with strong expertise in FATCA, CRS, DAC6, QI, FASTER, and Pillar 2. She is the former Head of Operational Tax & Advisory at Forvis Mazars, and previously worked at Société Générale and Natixis Wealth Management, where she led operational tax teams and managed Operational tax guidance for entities in Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Monaco. Latifa holds degrees in Wealth Legal and Tax Engineering from Université Panthéon-Assas and Université Panthéon-Sorbonne, and the Luxembourg tax qualification (Cycle A and Cycle B).
Crypto-assets regulation in practice : AML KYC, sanctions, tax compliance, asset recovery
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